Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
State AFFAIRS.
A Bill 10 Permit Married Women TO
Become inCOrporators and Off,
GERS in Interpretations.
Hon, James r. Browning Rises to 4
Question OF Personal Privilege on
the Floor OF the House,
He Says TIs Can't be BulIdozsc into TAX
38G s!jss in 1873 Judge Wills Cas-.
But Ntn Remain Neutral.
LAID on THE TABLE.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Fec. 1..-Whe,her for
the instruction or edifcation of the Sen
ate, the following communication was
laid before that body:
To the speaker 1nd Members OF the Senate.
l most respectfully request that you
give me an audience and the use of the
Senate chamber, for the purpose of &
thorough DISCUSSION snd combating
of existing pCejudic,s against the
only true science of Insurance
by corporation. Should you accord me
the honor and privilege requested, shall
pause and ask for questions and invite re
jDiuGers, so that none may doubt or daily
when legislation becomes an obvious ne
cessity. Respectfully, etc,
j. NJ. O'NEALL.
The Senate laid the communication on
the table without discussion.
DO THE CLERKS carry ALL THE MONEY?
1t is reported that Mr.. C.. L Jones, one
OF the Clerks in the House, lost mis- peck
et-book containing 500 in currency yes
terday. A few days past Mr.. Imbodep,
Journal Clerk in the Senate, lost $50.
HOW TAX COLLECTORS ARE TO PAY.
Perhaps one oi the most important
measures reported this session that has
for its object the facilltsting the bust
ness of the departments Of state is the
bill reported by Senator Jarvis for the
committee on tinauce. 1t provides that
the tax collectors shall pay over tae taxes
direct to the State Treasurer, instead OF
through the Comptroller.
INDICTMENT FOR LADIES TO MARRY.
4 bill has been introduced II the Sen
ale to permit married ladies' to become
iucorporatOrs md officers in incOrpora-
tons organized Tor charitable purposes.
When Senator Terrell called the bill IN
for consideration, it was expected that
some Senator would move TO amend by
adding single ladies', not less than eight
cen nor more than sixty, but on exam
Inatltu it was found that ABOUT ell the
unmarried Senators were absent. The
bill passed to third reading. Some of
the mem5ers are asking the question if
it can be called class legislation?
AN ATTORNEYS OCCUPATION TAX.
Comptroller Mccall in an opinion deliv-
cred to-day said: 1t is the opinion of
this depar ment that an attorney who
pays his occupation tax es q lawyer, and
in the ordinary course of lis business
occasionally negOtlates a loan for his eli
ent upon real estate security, is not sub
iect by such occasional acts TO any add
ulOnal occupation tax, but if the negotia-
tiOn of such loans become of such com
mon occurrence as 70 constitute regular
business, or the principal part OF
his business, and is really
the pursuit and occupation in which he is
engaged and not Incidental to his pro-
fession as an attorney, then he would, in
my opinion, be liable to the additional
occupation tax of money broker. Such
party cannot claim exemption under the
statute defining 4 land agent. Land
agents are prohibited from negotiating
loans. Each case thst may arise involving
this question will, to 3 great extent, de
pend on the f!C.s surrounding il, and the
ap Jlication Of the opinion herein indi-
Gated must h. made in accordance with
your own Judgment as to what the facts
are in each case.
DRUMMER'S LICENSE.
The laws Of 1855, page 81, make all &C.
cuDatiOn licenses transferable cue time.
As TO a drummer using a license origin
ally issued to another person, this depart
ment holds if the party to whom drum
mer's license is issued wishes to transfer
it he must indOrSe such transfer on the
0sCR OF the Incense ana sign IL.
Before using such license the
party to whom it is trans
ferred must send it to this Office and
have such transfer entered on the books
of this office. The license is then re-
turned to the party to whom the transfer
is made. Then, and not until then, will
the use Of such license be legal to any
person other than the party to whom it
was issued.
BROWNING EXPLAINS.
Hon. n. Browning arose to ques-
ton of personal privilege in the House
to- day. Mr. Browning said: 81 find the
following in this morning 'esmsn,
represented as part of the testimony OF
NJ. 0. H Nelson, given before the Willis
investigating committee on Yesterday.
Mr.. Nelson is reported as using
this language in his evidence: "T